Foreign News: Protest for Democracy

There was to be a by-election at Eddisbury. A routine but necessary
preliminary was a motion in the House of Commons, authorizing the
Speaker to issue a writ for the by-election. Last week, when this
motion was put, Sir Richard Acland popped up and made Eddisbury's
by-election a national topic.

Turbulent Sir Richard is a British combination of Eugene V. Debs and
Billy Sunday. He is also the evangelist of Britain's tiny but active
Common Wealth Party. Said Sir Richard: "I rise to oppose this motion. I
am aware that such a motion has never been opposed before. . . ."...